collapsed as Labour members could not countenance the cutting of benefits. From 1917 to 1920, Gregory presided over a departmental committee to enquire into the system of workmen's compensation, which formed the basis for policy and legislation in the succeeding years. In February 1924 he was chairman of the Court of Inquiry into the dockers strike. He fulfilled the same role looking into railways disputes in 1924 and 1925. In 1924 he chaired an inquiry into the withheld retirement pay of naval officers. During the Spanish Civil War, Gregory was charged with looking into the fate of Basque children who had arrived in Britain as war refugees. Death Gregory died in London on 9 May 1947 at the age of 82. References External links 1864 births 1947 deaths People educated at Bristol Grammar School Liberal Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies UK MPs 1918–1922 English barristers English solicitors 20th-century English judges People from Bath, Somerset Politics of Derbyshire Members of the Middle Temple Common Serjeants of London Recorders of London